[Leica] First wedding

[glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer)]

Ted,

I can confess that it was wedding photos that paid for 6 and 1/2 years of
tuition etc that resulted in a Masters degree in Aeronautical Engineering
and a degree in Metallurgy.

The only wedding pictures that were ruined were those of MY OWN
WEDDING!!

Jerry


Ted Grant wrote:
> Michiel Fokkema showed:
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>>>> Hi,
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>> Not really my first wedding, but my first paid wedding.
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>> A few pictures of a  very enjoyable day with a lovely couple.
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>> http://michielfokkema.wordpress.<<<<<
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> Hi Michiel,
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> Very well done through out. Interesting depth of focus and sharpness
> accentuating the smaller elements. There are a couple of candids I
> particularly like.
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> Weddings through all my years were and are the biggest pain in the butt you
> could imagine. I began a charging method of doubling the price every time I
> was asked just to deter people from asking..
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> In other words, back in the early '50s I charged $25.00 dollars for a white
> album with 12 B&W prints. Yep hard to believe but that was usually a friend
> and what everyone figured was not bad for a beginner and some pros.
> Eventually I got away from them until I was hired as a staff photog and
> found myself every Saturday thrust into this horrid assignment of hell!
> Usually 2 a day!
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> When I began my own business I swore I'd never do another wedding, OOPS!
> When I finally relented my deal was..Money talks! It would be $1000. which
> they would pay me at the end of day in cash!! And I'd give all the B&W film
> to the best man with instructions where to have it printed and get the
> album. I had nothing to do with it period. Didn't phase them, people still
> kept coming a $1000 a pop and I did no processing or printing. 
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> Too many and it became a big pain in the butt again, so I upped the price 
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> $2000 with me still turning over the film at the end of the day to the best
> man and have a nice honeymoon. Damned if they still didn't keep coming. So 
> I
> doubled it to $4000 and that deterred many, but we all know when people are
> so romantically inclined to marry, money doesn't count. :-)  Finally I just
> cut it off as I found them more stressful than covering a war scene!
> Mother-in-laws and twitchy brides AAAAAAAAAAAAahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! :-)
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> However me old son you've done an excellent covered with interesting 
> images.
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> Cheers,
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> ted
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